[Red Mansions] Lord Hou's daily routine

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Emperor Chengsheng turned around and looked at Xiao Yu, his eyes fell on the stack of notebooks in his hand, and Emperor Chengsheng's eyes narrowed slightly.

Xiao Yu bowed to Emperor Chengsheng, and after Emperor Chengsheng called out, Xiao Yu sent the stack of playbooks he brought to Emperor Chengsheng.

Emperor Chengsheng raised his eyebrows, Xiao Yu understood, and sent the stack of memorials to the imperial case to put away.

Emperor Chengsheng ignored the memorial brought by Xiao Yu, but only noticed that Xiao Yu glanced at the memorial that he casually put on the imperial case. Emperor Chengsheng lowered his eyebrows, took the memorial in his hand, But did not expand to see.

Then I heard Emperor Chengsheng say in a low voice: "The magistrate of Lingnan just presented me with a memorial to impeach General Lingnan. About this matter, Xiao Jiu, what do you think?"

Emperor Chengsheng's tone was very light, his expression was light, and there was no joy or anger in his words, but Emperor Chengsheng's appearance was definitely not happy.

Xiao Yu did have his own thoughts on this matter, but at this juncture, it was inappropriate to speak out.He was also afraid that after speaking out, Emperor Chengsheng would be even more unhappy.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yu stopped answering Cheng Shengdi's words, and said softly: "Father, my son got news again. Not long after you issued the imperial decree, Yunxi sent someone to spread rumors in private, saying that you are To support the Lin family, we must eliminate the forces of the Four Kings and Eight Dukes."

Xiao Yu told Emperor Chengsheng everything he found out.

Xiao Yu said, "I have found out that this time these rumors are not only spread by people from Yunxi, but also by forces attached to several county kings and several princes."

Xiao Yu paused when he said this, Cheng Shengdi, who had always looked indifferent, suddenly sneered when he heard this: "They are pushing the flames to force me to show my attitude, right? They will not stand on Yunxi's side."

Emperor Chengsheng looked at Xiao Yu with scrutiny and anger in his eyes: "Xiao Jiu, tell me, what does the Lin family want to do?"

"In five days, the Empress Dowager and the fifth child will arrive in Beijing. On the way back from Mount Wutai, the empress dowager and the fifth child walked for half a month, and now they are coming back soon. I have issued an order, and I will go out of the city with you, the crown prince, to meet him in person. Empress Dowager, just at this time, the second son of the Lin family came to me to submit a memorial to impeach Shen Qiao. What do they want to do? Are they targeting the Shen family to force me to break with the Shen family? "

As Emperor Chengsheng said this, anger still remained in his heart. He threw the memorial of Lin Liang that he had held in his hand for a long time to Xiao Yu for him to read, but he himself refused to open the memorial again.

"Now you help me deal with the government affairs of the court and China, and you have read a lot of memorials handed over by the Secretary of State, and you have also done a lot of errands for me in the past, you will not miss the words in the impeachment memorial. Chasing rumors and turning truths and wrongs upside down, what is said is the content of this memorial."

"I usually look at Lin Liang well. He is diligent and cautious in political affairs. The Lingnan area is not easy to govern. Lin Liang has been the magistrate for several years, and he has never bothered me. I still have a good impression of him. He was in the imperial examination back then. At that time, I read his articles, and they were excellent. But at this time, how can he use his full of knowledge and talents on this kind of thing?"

"Could it be possible that they forced me to express my attitude, wanting me to break with the Shen family and draw a clear line with the princes of the counties, and they also follow the rules of fighting father and son and fighting tiger brothers?"

"It's good that Shen Qiao is the son of the Prince's Mansion of Xining County. In the future, he will inherit the title of his ancestors, but when he was a general of Lingnan, he wouldn't be so unbearable. I also pay attention to him on weekdays. The matter in this memorial is very important. It’s small, but since this memorial was handed over, and the Lin family put me in such a situation where I can’t back down, didn’t they just want the Metropolitan Procuratorate to investigate thoroughly? This investigation will turn the court upside down!”

After the eldest prince's treason case, the four county kings and eight state princes who were appointed by Emperor Tai/Zu are now reduced, and there are only three county kings left, and there are less than eight state princes.

It can be said that the Four Kings and Eight Dukes and their attached forces have suffered a heavy blow. Those forces that were too outstanding have actually almost fallen after these three times of purges in the past half a year.

Although some of the remaining people are not so well-behaved, they are not as outstanding as before.

Emperor Chengsheng's mind should be slow rather than hasty.Emperor Chengsheng thought that he should take his time. He never thought that Lin Jian would make such a big fuss when he should keep a low profile.

Seeing Xiao Yu put down the memorial in his hand, Emperor Chengsheng knew that he had finished reading it, so he said coldly: "First, Yunxi forced me to announce the dossier of the Metropolitan Procuratorate at the court meeting, and then Meng Zhuo came to me to ask for a reward. He also caused these rumors to spread throughout the city, and everyone knew about them. In the end, he urged his brother to come here to impeach Shen Qiao. Could it be that he really wanted to clean up the forces of the four kings and eight princes as the rumors said? He planned to destroy the Shen family. Against others?"

"They are tempting and pressing step by step, forcing me to do what they want, believing that I am partial to them, thinking that I will tolerate and give in wholeheartedly?"

Seeing that Emperor Chengsheng was angry, Xiao Yu lowered his eyes and glanced at the memorial in his hand, and then said softly: "Father, you have watched Yunxi grow up since he was a child. Although he has a stubborn temperament and is unscrupulous, he is not good at it/ He is a dude who has no rules. He has always had his own plans and reasons in his actions. Not to mention the past, but just talking about the things in the capital for the past six months. You know him well. He has also done things in the past six months./ When something went wrong, but in retrospect, or when it ended, there was always a reason for it."

"There must be his reason for Yunxi's actions/things this time. He spread rumors in private, but anyone who is interested can find out what the people behind the scenes are doing without much effort. People with some influence in the government can check. Yunxi will not leave so many traces when he does things, unless he does it on purpose. I don't know who he wants to find out about his whereabouts, but My son knows that he must be a bait, it depends on who he wants to catch."

Emperor Chengsheng was still angry, but after hearing Xiao Yu's explanation, he became even more angry: "According to what you said, he deliberately did evil things against me, and he also had a plan? He is really courageous." , even the emperor like me dares to plot against me!"

"You just said that he released the rumors, which attracted the princes of the counties to fuel the flames, and they all came to force me, and now they come up with this memorial. He was the first to target the Shen family. Could it be that he just wanted to do something to the Shen family? But the Shen family has never had any contact with his family, and they have never—"

Emperor Chengsheng was angry, and said a few words to Xiao Yuxu what was in his heart. He wanted to say that the Shen family had never offended the Lin family, but before he finished speaking, Emperor Chengsheng suddenly thought that when Lin Hong resigned, It was Shen Shu who took over the position of general, and later conquered Lingnan, which was also made by Shen Shu.

Could it be that Lin Jian targeted the Shen family because of this old incident?

Emperor Chengsheng met Xiao Yu's eyes, and the father and son looked at each other for a while, Emperor Chengsheng's heart sank suddenly, he thought, could it be, could it be that Lin Hong's leg injury back then was actually related to the Shen family?

He didn't want to think this way at first, but he just thought about it this way, so that he could smoothly explain what Lin Jian had done in the past and what the Lin family brothers had suddenly done against the Shen family.

Emperor Chengsheng was originally angry that Lin Liang didn't choose the time to deliver the memorial, but now that he thought about it, he suddenly realized that the brothers probably chose this time on purpose.

Xiao Yu had been observing Emperor Chengsheng's expression, and seeing Emperor Chengsheng's expression turned pale, Xiao Yu pursed his lips and called him, "Father?"

Seeing Emperor Chengsheng looking over, Xiao Yu said softly, "Father, my son thinks, I'm afraid that the matter of Lingnan back then will be investigated quietly and thoroughly."

Emperor Chengsheng took Lin Liang's memorial from Xiao Yu's hand, unfolded it silently, and read it again. The remaining anger in his eyes gradually subsided, and his eyes calmed down again.

He said: "Send this memorial to Zhongshu Province. It is said that I ordered the Metropolitan Procuratorate to conduct a thorough investigation to see if General Lingnan has committed the above-mentioned outrageous behavior."

"For the Lingnan matter, in order not to leak the news, you should investigate it secretly, but if you see any doubts, you can report to me at any time."

Xiao Yu responded one by one, and then asked: "Then, those rumors?"

Emperor Chengsheng turned back and sat down on the couch. Hearing the words, he said casually: "Don't worry about it anymore. Let him make trouble, and you don't have to worry about it."

Emperor Chengsheng made a decision, he didn't intend to let Xiao Yu stay for a long time, and Emperor Chengsheng didn't intend to stay in the Palace of Qinzheng for a long time, he sent Xiao Yu out of the palace to return home for dinner, and he decided to use it in Concubine Yu's palace dinner.

The father and son went out of the palace together, and when they walked through the porch and were about to part, Emperor Chengsheng gave Xiao Yu an indifferent look, and there was a bit of coldness in that look.

"Xiao Jiu, I am the Son of Heaven, and you will be the Son of Heaven in the future."

Emperor Chengsheng patted Xiao Yu's shoulder lightly, and his indifferent eyes swept across the palace city, "The Lord of the world does not only pretend to be one person and one family in his heart. What he sees is not just one person and one family. "

"Yunxi has done so many things behind the scenes. Since you have been asked to find out, others can also find out. He is the deputy capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and also serves as the crown prince Shaofu. He is the most important thing in the court. He is an example of an official, but he did these things that should not be done. You care about your affection and don't pursue it, but the supervisory censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is neither blind nor stupid, and the officials of the court are not deaf. They can hear, see, and talk, and if someone/impeaches Yunxi in the future and presents evidence of his violation of the law, I will punish him severely."

"Similarly, if the Metropolitan Procuratorate investigates Shen Qiao, if there is no real evidence, the second child of the Lin family will also be held accountable and punished. Otherwise, if he is indulgent, once this trend breaks down, the court's discipline will be corrupted. I'm afraid The atmosphere that has finally become stricter will be ruined by his two brothers again."

Xiao Yu plainly told Emperor Chengsheng that his heart was sour when he said these few words: "What the father taught me is that I know my mistake."

Emperor Chengsheng said lightly: "You are right. Your world is different from my world. You can use your own methods to govern the world I will hand over to you in the future. But the world I have now can only be governed in this way."